112 THE JERSEY COAST. 
“Do you know what Frank Forester says on the 
subject ?” 
Feeling my reputation rising a little, I resumed: 
‘“‘ He confuses frost-bird and grass-plover, quoting 
Audubon as his authority; but he points out the 
distinctive peculiarity of the plover.” 3 
“‘ Tf he thinks a grass-plover and a frost-bird are 
alike, he knows very little of his subject. Why, the 
frost-bird stools admirably, while the plover never 
stools at all.” 
“Not so fast! Frank Forester was a splendid 
writer, and upon matters with which he was familiar 
he was thorough. He has conferred an immense favor 
upon the American sporting world; but where he 
had not personal experience—and no one can know 
everything—he had to rely upon others. He has 
done as much to correct and elevate sportsmanship 
in this country, to introduce a proper vocabulary, 
and to enforce obedience to gentlemanly rules, as 
any man possibly could. As a body, we owe it to 
him that we are sportsmen, and not pot-hunters. 
Probably in some places the grass-plover is called a 
frost-bird.” 
‘“‘T have more faith in Giraud, and would like to 
hear what he can tell us about the golden-plover, 
unless he says that is a sandpiper also.” 
“‘ He begins with a description of the black-bellied 
plover, which is known to us as bull-head, the cha- 
radrius helveticus, and then describes the American 
golden-plover, or charadrius piuvialis, and uses 
these words: ‘It is better known to our gunners by 
